Psalm 106:34-43

Psalm 106:34-43
English Standard Version (ESV)

  So this isn't the cheeriest passage, but there is good news in here, and it's tucked into the last verse.  To set the scene, the people didn't do what God asked them to do, and they didn't do it many times.  Time and time again, they failed to obey God, and there were always consequences for their actions.
  But note that last verse--'many times he delivered them.'
  God didn't just give them one chance.  God didn't destroy them when they failed once.  God is more patient than we can imagine, willing to offer forgiveness in the hope that we might come to recognize the error of our ways and turn to him.  God loves us, and God wants us to be restored, and so God forgives over and over again.  Someday, we will be unable to sin, but until that day, let sin be distasteful to us as we recognize the damage it causes in our own lives and in our relationships, and may we give thanks for the grace and forgiveness of God that pardons our sin and gives us life once more.

  May we rejoice in the wonder of forgiveness!